The University [of Alabama] Amateur Radio Club Thursday Night Net was created in February 2015 as a means of familiarizing the club’s newest licensees and members with amateur radio net participation and amateur operation in general. Since then, the net has grown to include four RF nodes that regularly air the net; an IRLP reflector allowing the connection of any other IRLP nodes to the net; EchoLink, allowing EchoLink nodes and users of EchoLink PC and mobile device clients; and AllStar, which allows the connection of AllStar nodes and users of the AllStar Web Transceiver through a browser.

The net’s mission has come to include the promotion of friendship between the club, its members and the amateur community at large. This is neither a traffic net nor an emergency training net; it is a casual, directed net of friendship and goodwill. Net participants are given the opportunity to share their comments with the net and we often present trivia questions to encourage their engagement.

For more about UARC, search QRZ.com for W4UhAL. Net details and points of access are below. We hope to hear you on the net soon! Comments and suggestions are welcome here.